ca. 1909 Obak Postcard.....and thread

[Leon]

A friendly board member asked me to post this for him. We spoke about putting it in the tobacco pack thread but I can't believe another Obak thread would be a bad thing? Here is a link to the site the postcard is on too. It is a great website that any collector should love to view.

...Show anything T212, or related, if you would like to.

http://www.sportingoregon.com/

[canjond]

That's way cool. Thanks for showing that.

[Leon]

Another subset idea, back slogans. There are 35 different in the 1910 set. Most of these were obtained at one time from a very original collection. Collected by the person's grandfather that I got them from, in the 1910's, in Grass Valley, California. His great great grandfather had come to CA for the gold rush and the original house was still in the family. These were sitting in a box for about 70 yrs...

[tothrk]

I had no idea there is 35 different. My favorite has to be "Clean - Wholesome" like it's a loaf of fresh baked bread or something.

[toppcat]

Is that addressed to Warren Bowman's father?

[wonkaticket]

Lame idea Leon only a fool would want to collect that subset...



Cheers,

John

[Ease]

Really cool stuff guys.

[E93]

Leon and John,
Those are awesome!
JimB

[benderbroeth]

the funny thing is i want to see the fronts of those cards lol

[Anthony S.]

There used to be a very informative website called vintagecardboard.com that covered all things Obaks. Unfortunately, it no longer exists, but I was able to run a web archive search and come up with vintagecardboard's listings of which 1910 Obaks came with which backs. The link takes a couple seconds to load, so don't be deterred by the wayback machine beta page that initially shows up.

http://web.archive.org/web/200811211.../ref_obkbk.htm

[canjond]

John/Leon... maybe I'm seeing things, but there almost looks to be a variation on the backs. In Leon's scan, one back appears to say "For Exacting Smokers" (with both an initial and end quote). On John's scan, his comparative back seems to say For Exacting Smokers" (with only an end quote).

[Leon]

Originally Posted by canjond

John/Leon... maybe I'm seeing things, but there almost looks to be a variation on the backs. In Leon's scan, one back appears to say "For Exacting Smokers" (with both an initial and end quote). On John's scan, his comparative back seems to say For Exacting Smokers" (with only an end quote).

So my group is very "collector" grade and there very well might be some paper loss on that card. I will get it out later this evening and check. John's backs are much nicer and look freaking awesome. Mine were "well" played with. But then too, the way my guy priced them to me was....small cards = $20 each. Large cards $60 each.....and 5 different Weavers at $600 each....Here is one of the Weavers...


ps...Dave- no idea on if that card is addressed to whom you asked about....it is as can be seen and I sort of doubt much more is known about it.

[canjond]

Actually Leon, your card appears to have both quotes... It's John's that is missing the initial quote.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by canjond

Actually Leon, your card appears to have both quotes... It's John's that is missing the initial quote.

I was looking at the wrong word...you are correct...

[Anthony S.]

My 150 series Obaks have both lines of the initial quotemark, while 2 of my 175 series Obaks only have one of the lines in the initial quotemark. Another 175 series card I own has just a smidgen of the initial line of the quotemark (didn't scan that one).

[bh3443]

I just used the Way Back machine to see the site Anthony recommended. Wow!
I was looking at the Tacoma Giants stats part which are no longer available.
My question for you PCL experts and fans is about Earl Anthony the Pro Bowler.
He was a player in the PCL that did not make it too long, and turned to the Pro Bowling route.
I was wondering if anyone recalls seeing him on a card or in a program?
Any info would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Bill Hedin

[brianp-beme]

I believe the Obak back information on the defunct site was based upon an article that J. Obermayer did for VCBC 8-10 years ago, in case you want a hard copy. I think the article had a follow up in a later edition with updated information.

Brian

[wonkaticket]

Jon,

Very cool I will check my examples tonight to see if the missing quote mark is on others etc.

Leon large vs. small pricing classic.

John

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by Leon

Dave- no idea on if that card is addressed to whom you asked about....it is as can be seen and I sort of doubt much more is known about it.

I was actually serious-Jacob Warren Bowman (J.W. Bowman) of Bowman Gum fame lived in Mexico and the American Southwest as a child. The initials, last name and locale from the PC fit and it's probably just a coincidence but an intriguing one. Ted may know a little more about his whereabouts as a kid and I was thinking of his father as a possible recipient since he was probably too young at the time to have received samples but I think he was 13-14 years old when that PC was sent.

[slidekellyslide]

I ran across this neat c1910 tobacco shop real photo postcard today that has some Obak store displays.

[Jaybird]

Cool PC Dan

[Peter W Thomas]

I will fess up to another set of backs interspersed in my 1910 SGC set - took about 5 years.

Peter